"-V" meaning in Akan

See -V in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ː/ (note: preceding vowel made long) Forms: -a [canonical], -e [canonical], -ɛ [canonical], -o [canonical], -ɔ [canonical], -C [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|ak|suffix|linguistic notation|-V|V corresponds to the preceding vowel|head=-a, -e, -ɛ, -i, -o, -ɔ -u}} -a, -e, -ɛ, -i, -o, -ɔ -u (linguistic notation -V, V corresponds to the preceding vowel)
  1. transitive past verb marker. Tags: -i, morpheme
    Sense id: en--V-ak-suffix-37cl0v0w Categories (other): Akan entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 63 14 1 1 8 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 22 1 1 6 10
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-a",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-e",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ɛ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-o",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ɔ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-C",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "linguistic notation",
        "4": "-V",
        "5": "V corresponds to the preceding vowel",
        "head": "-a, -e, -ɛ, -i, -o, -ɔ -u"
      },
      "expansion": "-a, -e, -ɛ, -i, -o, -ɔ -u (linguistic notation -V, V corresponds to the preceding vowel)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Akan",
  "lang_code": "ak",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 14 1 1 8 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 22 1 1 6 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "transitive past verb marker."
      ],
      "id": "en--V-ak-suffix-37cl0v0w",
      "tags": [
        "-i",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ː/",
      "note": "preceding vowel made long"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-V"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with reduplication patterns"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-a",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-e",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ɛ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-o",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ɔ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-C",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ak",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "linguistic notation",
        "4": "-V",
        "5": "V corresponds to the preceding vowel",
        "head": "-a, -e, -ɛ, -i, -o, -ɔ -u"
      },
      "expansion": "-a, -e, -ɛ, -i, -o, -ɔ -u (linguistic notation -V, V corresponds to the preceding vowel)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Akan",
  "lang_code": "ak",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Akan entries with incorrect language header",
        "Akan lemmas",
        "Akan suffixes",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "transitive past verb marker."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "-i",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ː/",
      "note": "preceding vowel made long"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-V"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -V meaning in Akan (1.0kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: linguistic notation -V",
  "path": [
    "-V"
  ],
  "section": "Akan",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-V",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: V corresponds to the preceding vowel",
  "path": [
    "-V"
  ],
  "section": "Akan",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-V",
  "trace": ""
}

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